A poem from one of our service users
This powerful reflection, written by one of our service users, uses the image of a blanket to explore the experience of mental health recovery – the comfort, the struggle, and the hope of healing. The author’s name has been changed to protect their identity.
I often compare being ‘unwell’ to a thick wool blanket. You cover yourself in this blanket and you’re warm. You’re warm, but you’re suffocating under this thickness. You start pushing the blanket off yourself, but now you’re cold. You’re cold, and you miss the blanket. You miss the blanket and you want it back. Who are you without this blanket you were covered in for so long? Sometimes you’re not sure if you are ready to recover , but you have to push through & leave the warm blanket behind , because, although you felt cold when the blanket was gone , you begin to realise that you were uncomfortably warm , you realise , there is a whole life outside of the blanket. You may feel cold , but as you recover - You will create your own blanket - A healthy blanket . One that allows you to live a life filled with mountains of possibility
